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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 11, 7 December 1878, Page 2

$ha/ Mfojp^ of unloading the. Hyderhajd is : iViccessf ully progressing, the Glenelg baring returned to a full cargo fjonVthe stranded vessel. The contractor I U yorj sanguine abou^ floating the vessel off after a Uttfe frqm. cargo, is taken out;. For tome unjeipkine^ reason the gopd« train, froui, Wanganui to Palmerston yesterday evening did not arrira at thp latter plae?. At fire o'clock, an hour after it vr&a ; due, a telegram, was received stating that 1 it wQuld go no farther that Halcorabe, and intimating that consequently the road nfould be clear, fojf. the exenjpg up.-train , from Foxton, Ik^r Deards tpjaking ijapid procrasgi with the erection, of his Bub% Ha|l, at the Terrace End, and we understanjcl np, «gbrt relaxed m order, that it may bo. com- ', pieted. m time for the Christmas festirities. I The bujlding will supply a want much felt at that end; of the town, and the specula- ' tj,ve projactor de^er, W9. m.«^ch top hjs : spirit and enougy. r O.ur Marton conjtenipprary, the Hangi- ' tijeei Jjdoocafe, iAtimates to, its. subscribers. i that on and, after to>da,y it will be. published thpee times a \reek, its pubHcatioa, dajs. bcyig Tueidejs, Thursdays, and; Saturdays. It is a capital cpuntrj paper, and, we, ojnly" ; wiph that m its more, extended spJlore.it may meet with, the. same amount of succcs* m, the fujture w,hicli, ii, ha^. Bpjjyre^injth? pflAt.. " ' ' • Summer is at last uponu.9, ycith,its.bahny nAprnings, burning days, and breathless evenings, m which last the. Yanjpjre. moaqyito reigns, suprome. Yesterday was, n^rhaps, the hottest day, m. the. s^^aon, ■ making one ijxclhifid to. follow o/it Sydney Sjuith's. recipe, for. comfort—" ta^e. OS, ' our flesh and sj,t y\ ojxv- bpnps,"> Although tptrajjd.eveni.ngther.awas a heayy thunder-. ; ajtorm and fall, of rain, unfortunately it did npt succeed iv cooliug the. atmosphere. • The bodjr of the unfortunate man, Peter £etor»en, the mate of the. Fores.t Queen, ijfhos* drowning v(e nptirwb on Wednesday,, \SW washed up on, tjb^o be^ch on Thursday, iyi4[ brought on to. Foxton the aajiie CTenyig. A.n, inquest was held, yesterday before the District Qoron.ep, He. I^ockstro\«, Vfhsn evidence of the. upsetting of the. boat baTing been talcen^ q, xc^Jj>°t was returned, accordingly. Vifednesday was Licencing Day at Foxton, and the Commission w.ere. employed, at considerable length m. rxani^i^ng into, a charge : made against ilr Oakloy, of the. Sandon Hotel, for having assaulted, a man, \iam^d Cook, with a bottle. After hearing considerable evidence, the Court decided to rene^y the At the Pitl.inprstoji Courh, the proceedings were merely formal, the police report containing no cqmp]^\Q,t agaii^t the holders of Hcense^ Tha new clerk of tha Court, IJr Ear«tef, paid a flying visit to. Palrnerstpn on Thursday, arriving by the. 8.3P, moriujig^ train, and returnjugto. Foxton by the napn. train, xji \ , company ?ith MrJp^kee. I[t is the intent ion of the Resident Sfagis^rata to, hpld h.b n^xt i Cou^t on Thu,rf.day^ inatea,d: of fortnightly, and with sMm,mojnsfi«.f^ ha.- i^ii^dj bpl : thu and then, the absurdity of both officials being tufejity-foj^r fflses. ftMjay, i» s.u.blin.e m the extreme. Mr. Bryant, the, contractor fon tha Square |mproveJAentß, has. n\et w^Uh oonsid;erabie obstructioa .m his w,ork by persons peraistently tramping acrojg the newly-pjoughed ground. feel that m a great meaaure the. annoyan,ce has been, unmtentional, an.d; that a\\ that would be required would be a Hiat, to, make pea-sons refrain fwmv doing so, indeed we haw beena^ked to request that from, henceforth pedestrians, and horse; men will confine themselves 1 0 t he. Toad*, as. the. work done wfll be rendered useless, if it be, trampled over, " We would called the. especial attention of Bettlera m all parts of the County to the public meeting whjfth will be held an narh ft(onday ovwing, m ; the Town S»H. Q,t. eight o'clock. The" purpose for ; -which H has been conven 0 ':l is one of such impart ance tpi the v<hole district— the hastening bt the construction of the West Coast .Railway—, that we feel sure it wUI draw together residents from both ends of the County, and th,oj|e h^Ting an interest m tli* proceediDga,

whether they be located at Feilding or Fox* ton, are cordially invited to be present. We understand that Messrs. Hulcombe and Macarthur hare signified {thefc. intention of being present. A Talued correspondent sends us tho following from Feildujg :~r-" The small boys," between the ages pi ten and sixteen, hare started a Cricket Club, of which .Master T- (j. Nicholas has been elected captain. They hare been mott^uocessful m obtaining subscriptions, thus jading able to purchase a good selection of !*t*>- glares, guards, &c. Qne o,f the princibnl soles \a their code is, that any boy maklng^use of improper language while at play or practice shall be fined, a repetition qf (he. offence necessitating expulsion." This is a very excellent arrangement, and one which the Balm,erstQn Club also very properly adopted. The Debenture &ohen\e initiated by the Boroqgh Council is still bearing good fruit. The improvement to the Square \a beiqg pushed on with vigor, fully twenty men being employed upon the works ; and on Wednesday night tenders were accepted for forming and metalling Cuba-street. For the proposed work, money was guaranteed hy the. ! property owners m the locality to the extent of £I^s, Trhite the lowest tender was £25 helow tha.t amount, girice the formation of G-eprge-itr^et, that end of the town has assumed quite a different appearance, and as Cuba-street joins on at right angles, the proposed work will further jmproYo its condition. •.„■*?)•»-. At the. Borough Council meeting on Wednesday night a letter was read fro,m Mr Walter Johnston, the meinbe« for- the. ditI trict, regarding toe. Polmerston Hospital, m w,hich a donation, of £5, had boen generously enclosed,. Now that the Session has ended, we must bear witness, to the praiseworthy manner, m which that gentlemen attended to the, wa^nta, of his constituency,. No matter brought tender his notice was deemed top unimportant or. insiguifi,ca.nt \ on the contrary, he was at all times ready and willing to carry out any suggestion, or recommendation for the advancement of the County. We make, these, .'observations with pleasure, the more so as hitherto, we hare criticised Mr «£ohn,ston'« conduct somewhat adversely " ' The brevity of the operations at the Restdent Magistrate's " Court, Paltnerston, on Thursday, was an agreeable contrast to that usually experienced.' There were no. criminal cases, and the civil actions were narrowed down ta two, m one o? 'which .judg* mont by default was given. In the btbrr, according to the evidence and tlie opinion of Mr Ward, point-blank perjury and focgerj ha 4 been committed T. he defendant .had received a receipt for £4, " wbieh wa*. 1 very clumsily altered into. £14' by the addition of a wrjjtten " teen " and a figure of " 1." Fortunately for some one 4 it takes 1 two witnesses to, sheet hom,e the crimeof perjury, upd ajthcuyjli i$ was quite patent the receipt had been, tampered 'with, there was no, direct evidence, to prove by whopi. Ip ■ had been dogs, Mr. Lawson, the Commissioner., of Bxul- ; ways, was. interviewed by a deputation of the principal residents of Eoxtpn. on, Thnrs- ; day, and &ftor.hjeftring all the. arguments to be adduced m support of a third train, the result was narrowed down, to a, promise that : when, tha.Thorndpu, Rejjlftuiation; w,as, done, a Faiijlie engine would be sent to/ this district. With, regard to the excessive charges on the Foxton Wharf, the deputation was : more successful, Mr Lawson expressing his . intension, to, mpke a. change, on ais return, to Wellington, as, he. CDns.icjsr.ed! it absurd to. charge 3s 6d per. ton. wharfage on coals. He also agreed to. act upon the suggestion made by Mr Russell — one of the daputa- ; tion— to, har,« the. sjieds, on. the w.harf, s.o that consignees could have, their, gopds straight from th* ship's tide. ■ Hitherto the. ravages of the iron, horse have, been confined to onslaughts on either ' the equine or boyine species, but, as fair, it seems now datermied to, share. i£» favors ; wjtli the feathered and canine tribes. On Wednesday night a valuable cattle dog belonging to/ Mr. Willjatns, cattle- jjaaler, collided with, the. engine, tlia. rejiujt being ,that it came, oui of the confljbt with, the loss, of a lag, and as. the. poor- Brute seemed 'm great agony, it wa* mercifully put out of its : miBBTJf by. being shot. Again, on Thursday, morning a vagrant duck whpse.moruipg's exercise, befc^eon, tha I^9. interfered with the progress of the train, oa«ipto,gwe^ and left its beak upon. the. geoupd as " a memento, of the struggle. It also received the, " happy despatch,'' bu,t the exception between the. two victims was, that the latter could) be, ajid> was., uliHsed after its djei^ise. : Some excitement was caused m Palmorston. by the report that a' man who had gone out on, Tuesday morning to. Fitzherbert wiih the. view, of pig-hunting, hajd.npj; returned. What made. tfie. mat ter> the more ; serious v?as that the mitti^g man, whose iname was Barkley, w,as npt dnty V pecfeet stranger- iftthe ; dist^ict, having, only arrived < tl>e day before,|but was a new arrival m, the colony, and consequently could; not be.cxi pected to be an experienced bush man. As he. Iwict not r,el urnpd up. to nopn ou, Wednesi. day, Constable Gille«pio was about to organise a. search party, whpii intelligence arrived Miat tfie tost one had spent the. night at Mr S.taaj's ftvrm, and was quite safe. It was lucky for him that lie found that place of eholfctfr, for iiidopendtfntly of being lost ajif ogether, a night m thu bu^ii iyi^h millions o^ mosquitoes for companions, would be a phase of New Zealand life more pjeburesoue than, pleasant. ' , No dott;bt the Natrraftfinwter. has been delnyed longer m Taranaki than he contemplated, aiid altthougli ho was due b,y. a,ppointment at Palmorston yesterday, by later advices reccitis'd ho would npt rench Wnnganui until last night: Under, those, circumsjtancss, tlwn, it is not l&ely that he will; leave, that town bef aria Monday, morn-, int;. We understand that so anxious was HoaniMunon that tl»a promised' vwit should : come offv ttyrt yestardjay morning h© de•patched a special rhesaenger. |\oto, Wangai\uii to. meet Mr Sheehan. There, can be up, doubt that njbtw.ithsjtasn.ding Mr : Sheehan'-s capacity for. workj he. is beginning. to : feel the. strain of holding two. portfolios too much for him, and at his : own request step^ are being taken to relieve : him of the. position of Minister of Justice, a department which no doubt will, be placed . under the control o,f tha Bjo.n^ ify Stout, th* Attomney-Qenerak - , During the wee sma' hours of Thursday night— or, more, properly speaking, Friday , morning— those of the inhabitants, who m defiance of the attentions of the mosquitoes had fallen into the arms of Morpheus, were rudely awakened, from their slumbers by the. soujid, of numberless horses, madly rushing, by their doors. Various were the,conjectures formed to a^eount f or, the caralertde, Unt nil .do.ujb.ts. \xera set at rest by a vjeit to the' Ponndt yesterday morning, when it was found thivt tflta stampede had been caused by the Po,undk»eper making a raid upon vagrant quadrupeds, 'the result of which whs. that between tw.en.ty and tlifafty had been tuken, prisoners. The Constable was ably seconded ii\ his expedition, by a young foreigner, who. has lately arrived m the district, and who. we believe has had much extto.ri.en.tie, on Ihe pampas of Bueuos Ay res and Mexico, his aim with the lasso, being as. sure aa his, seat on his. horse is. safe arid secure., > - . ... ; : General arid very justly-grounded complaints are being wade by the Settlers who

live on the boundary of the Kiwitea Block at tho flagrant neglect with which they have been treated m the matter of roads W<» understand that beyond the junction of Mackay's line and the Kimbolton/ road there i* no thoroughfare, even for horsemen, notwithstanding thut there are a number of settlers ten milew further up.. Such a state q£ affairs js nqt only a drawback upon settlement, but it 49 a gross .injustice, to those wlp hare, bought land upon the good faiCh of promises that facilities for ingress and egress would be afforded them. Now that the Highways Board has had sqin.e new tyo.od infused into it, and more particularly since we hear that there is a sum of £273 available for the work, we trust that the Warden, Mr McKenzie, will see to the matter without delay. [Since the above was m type we hare spoken to the Engineer to the Board, and h.are been assured by hjtm that the matter will not bet lost sight of, as it is dawn, am,ong the very fi,»t Tforks tq be cjo^e.3 The different buildings m course Qf erection m Palm.arston are now drawing towards completion. First upon the list is the handVome. erection being put up for the Bank qf Australasia, facing the Square, which although possibly not 8 o commodious as its rival, the bank of New Zealand, can lay claim to far. mo,re architectural merit. Jt \8 almost out of- the. builder's hands, and m a couple, of weeks the bank officials will migrate to their, rie.i^ quarters. Next comes, the new printing-office of Mr Joseph Loary, which we o,rs %p\\nd to. s.ay will ha,ve. a most unpro.fes.si9.nal appearance, and might ba easily taken for. a miniature bank rather than n, temple. ojE the Black Art. Without exception it will be the handsomest shop m 1 the town, and is both a credit to its arohi- ', tect and builder. Mr Burrell informs us that it will be read^y f,or.Ojpcujiatian inside of a Tjreokj and, as, Mr.Leary intend? utU^sing the front premises as a book-shop, <tc, we feel that all will join with us m wishing him, every prosperity m, his new line apd labors. * In our last issue there appeared, a letter ' signed '" Papaioja^ a pprtidn of whiph. is well worthy of consideration. In the concluding part the writer dtavvs. attention to the advisability of t'lip. Bprough Council : taking time by the forelock, and making, provision for a future supply of w.ater for this town.. This is a matter which sooner or later will force itself upon its consideration, angl a^our correspondent pertinently puts it, would it not be well to acquire, enough land for this purpose from the Government, either by gift or purchase at the upset price, rather, than w_ait until the it has become alienated from the Crown,, and its, owners looking for fancy prices As there is a special meeting on the 18th, we trust to see his Worship with his usual energy moving m the. matter^ Befot^ the opening of the Otaki Policy Court pn Tuesday Mr. Wajrd, R.M., took occasion to speak m the highest manner of the noble conduct of the Natives of Otaki at the. recent wcecks. ; IJis w..Qrds ha^e ' evidently gone to the hearts of the Maoris, for before" the ijjsjng of the. Cour^ ne re . cejved the following characteristic reply : — I" Otaki., December 3rd, 1878.— T0 Mr • Vf aud, Resident Magistrate, Okyki.—Salp- ! tations. : This ifi a. letter, of praise, to you, for thia wordj^you^spbke.in our presence m ■ the. Court-house m Otaki, with reference to the. brave conduct of the. Otaki people, m rescuing the immigrants of Englaud who , were wrecked oji the Otaki Beach. We did- opt think W Ttou)d; luvva. been paid? m . money. We can only now Bay, that we are pleased, and oun. hearts rejoice, nt the result of their deliverance, because life is worth more than money, and the body than rai;inent. This to'shpw, forth, ou/ gratitude ■ for tlie words whicli you have uttered, our ears have heard- your words of praise of the conduct of the Otaki people, including Europeans. Subscribed hereuuder are our signatures. — Fipm Kjpa. tb Whitajtiti, Ra-wiri R. TAB^tMi, ajid o^herfl/' Thp Veatry iff the. Church, of England, FdUdjUig, are at last waking up to. a sense lof their, new |duties. We hear that at a Vestry meeting held on, Wednesday last it was, resolved to acfc upon, the ppwer glyen , them by the, late, parish meeting, and ex- ! expend I«he sum, of £450 upcmjthjs. parsonage . The, Oha^rman^ MJr. Hulcombe, informed the Ycstry that the Rev. J. Jones of O^uesnstown, Otago, had been appointed to the. charge of Feilding, Halcorabe, and Awahuri, and that the Bishop had notified ;tbat the re v._ gentleman would, arrive. ?arly m. February. The Vestry also decided to take imniediate steps to build a church to seat three hundred persons. Plans fojr the church, are to be prepared at once. I-t is estimated tha£ the building will cost about £6,00, Energetic ca^nvasjung. for subscrip-. tions for the objects will be made m a £ew days throughput the. whole.difltrict. We beg to call the attention of our readprs to the. notice appearing m. outadvertising '• eohimnp with regard to. the Wesleyan Ba»ar. We are given to understand that the. ; ladies of the. Church hftve. collected a^ large variety of useful and orjiamental " articles, - made and finished m a style not always to be. met with. A refreshment stall, Replete with all which will no doubt tempt the. appetites of $be most fastidious, has teen, ipiiorided. while frojn, what via can, learn, ! th,e mujjio, both vopal and instrumental, ' will form b-y no means., the lpast attractive, feature. As the object for which this ba,znnr has beer, inaugurated is one which will enliajt l,be sympathies of- all> we doubt not that it will be liberally patronised, and prove to be. all that its promoters anticipate. It will open on Tuesday at tw,o p,m^ and, on the. two. following days, if necessary. Wq have been ask«d> to, d«aw attention, to. the notification m another cokunn stating 1 that Mrs Ijeffiu, of Mjain at^f, has. openod a circulating library m, connection with, bjer. fancy goods shop.